Friday, July 17, 2026 Backtest

Backtest: the strategies re-run afterwards over this day's data, never recorded live. It overlaps the research that selected them, so it carries hindsight.

8 trades on NQ, 2 winners

Day's net

−$8,190

All strategies, after costs

Trades

8

2 won, 6 lost

Hypothetical results.

Every figure here is hypothetical: simulated entries and exits from our engine. One contract per strategy, after two ticks a round trip for commission and slippage. Nothing here is advice or a recommendation to trade.

These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.

The market that day

S&P 500 −1.01%

Stock Market Today, July 17: Stocks Slide as Semiconductor Rout Deepens
A steep chip-stock selloff over AI spending and valuation worries dragged heavily on NQ given its tech weighting.
The Motley Fool
Netflix stock hits a 52-week low after earnings—but analysts say investors are missing the bigger picture
A weak forward guidance from a major Nasdaq-100 component triggered a sharp single-stock drop that weighed on NQ sentiment.
Fortune
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq post weekly losses as semiconductors get smoked
Escalating US-Iran conflict pushed oil prices higher and added to risk-off pressure on both ES and NQ during the session.
Yahoo Finance

News picked by AI from that day’s reporting; links go to the original stories. The trades and figures come straight from our engine.

The trades

Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:59 · Stop
−$2,220
−110.50 pts
Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 12:43 · Stop
−$2,695
−134.25 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 12:51 · Stop
−$3,600
−179.50 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 12:51 · Stop
−$3,600
−179.50 pts
Flow Against Breadth
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
−$740
−36.50 pts
Global Confluence
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
−$740
−36.50 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 14:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$1,735
+87.25 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
+$3,670
+184.00 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	10:30 → 11:59	Stop	−110.50	−$2,220
Day & Night Relay	short NQ	10:30 → 12:43	Stop	−134.25	−$2,695
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	10:30 → 12:51	Stop	−179.50	−$3,600
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	10:30 → 12:51	Stop	−179.50	−$3,600
Flow Against Breadth	long NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	−36.50	−$740
Global Confluence	long NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	−36.50	−$740
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	14:30 → 16:00	Time exit	+87.25	+$1,735
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	15:00 → 09:30	Time exit	+184.00	+$3,670

How to read it: every strategy enters at the close of a 30-minute bar and leaves at its stop, its target, or its time exit, whichever comes first. Points are the move captured; net is one contract after two ticks of costs (NQ $20 a point, ES $50).